Chapter 43: The Fall of Yuzhou
Bas left an army of nearly 200,000 in his hands and 100,000, led by Simo to attack the army of the Celestial Empire and seize the city of Yuzhou; And Bach did not lend a step behind Bath, and also left behind an army of 100,000.
After Bassbach left, when the two lieutenant generals attacked Yuzhou on one side, the competition between the two became more and more fierce.
Yuzhou military camp.
"General, Bas and Bach suddenly left with half of the army?"
A scout hurried into the tent and said to Mu Kun.
Mu Kun, who was discussing things with an adjutant general, heard this, raised his head to look at the scout who walked in, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, why did Basbach suddenly leave with his army?
"They left with half the army?"
The scout nodded and said, "The last general and the spies saw with their own eyes that the two of Basbach suddenly took half of the army to the capital city of Batu. ”
The capital city of Batu? Half an army? Mu Kun understood what was going on in an instant's confusion.
Basbach and the two took half of the army and headed for the first city, so the first city must be in trouble; With that said, it seems that everything is going well on the county lord's side; It's just that Basbach is now returning to the capital city of Batu with hundreds of thousands of troops, isn't it dangerous for the county lords?
Thinking of this, Mu Kun then asked the scout and said, "Who is leading the army on the side of Batu's army now?" ”
Hearing Mu Kun's question, the scout told Mu Kun about what he had inquired about.
"Batu's current army is led by General Simo and a lieutenant general next to Bach, but the news that the last general inquired about is that the two lieutenants seem to be at odds over everything, and the two often get into trouble because of a small opinion."
Mu Kun listened to the scout's words as he lowered his head as if thinking about something.
And at this time, a soldier suddenly came in to report and said, "Report! General, the big thing is not good, Batu's army has broken through the army we set up in Jingzhou, and has reached a place ten miles outside Yuzhou City. ”
When Mu Kun heard this, he raised his head one after another, looked at the soldiers, and said, "How many men and horses do they have?" ”
"An army of 200,000 with siege engines."
Hearing this, Mu Kun pondered the words of the soldier.
Before Bathbach left, Batu's army began to attack Yuzhou, and it seems that Bath still did not forget the seizure of Yuzhou before leaving. 200,000 troops, Yuzhou originally only had less than 10,000 troops, and the thousands of people left in Jingzhou were all killed by Batu's army, and now Yuzhou only has 40,000 troops, how to engage Batu's 200,000 army?
Mu Kun returned to his thoughts, looked at the soldier and said, "Pay close attention to the movements of Batu's army." ”
After the soldiers heard Mu Kun's order to leave, Mu Kun said to the scouts on the side: "Let all the generals gather here, and then you go to the top of the city tower to watch the situation first." ”
In the tent, after the arrival of the generals of the Celestial Empire, Mu Kun did not consult with them, but immediately ordered the generals to prepare all the preparations for defending the city.
"General, are you going to fight against Batu's 200,000 army with an army of 40,000? Are you sending the soldiers to their deaths? ”
Just as Mu Kun was about to let everyone go out immediately to prepare, Qin Jue's voice suddenly sounded in the camp tent.
Mu Kun slightly turned his head and squinted at Qin Jue, and said, "Yuzhou now only has 40,000 soldiers, do you want us to do nothing and wait for Batu's army to attack the city?" ”
Although he admired Qin Jue's method of arranging the formation, he also knew that Qin Jue's words were not wrong, 40,000 soldiers against the 200,000 army of Shang Batu, this was indeed a battle to the death; But as a general, a general with 100,000 soldiers under his command, his arrogance has always prevented him from being indifferent in the face of the enemy's siege, not to mention, Qin Jue said it at this time, is it to challenge his military might?
"Then why doesn't the general find a way to delay the arrival of reinforcements, it stands to reason that the reinforcements should arrive tomorrow if they stay today, why don't the generals find a way to delay the arrival of reinforcements tomorrow, and then open the city gate to start a battle with the enemy army?"
"Report! General, the enemy army has marched seven miles outside the city! ”
"Report! General, the enemy army has marched five miles outside the city! ”
"Report! ...”
One battle report after another continued to sound in the camp tent, and the situation in Yuzhou had reached a point where there was no room for delay.
It's not something that Mu Kun can delay if he finds a way to delay, he no longer cares about arguing with Qin Jue, and leads a group of generals to rush to the city gate.
On the side of Batu's army, Simo and the lieutenant general beside Bach led the army of 100,000 behind them to slowly approach Yuzhou.
"General Simo couldn't wait so much, and he led a large army to attack Yuzhou as soon as the two princes left."
Bach's lieutenant's slightly sarcastic words alluded to Bass's impatience, and just after leaving, he let his lieutenant attack Yuzhou.
Simo is not a vegetarian and does not eat blood, after hearing the lieutenant's sarcasm, Simo also fought back and ridiculed: "Have you been idle in Batu with Bach for too long?" I don't even know how unprepared the army is in the middle of a march, and Bach dares to let you lead an army of 100,000 to attack the city? I think Bach told you to die with an army of 100,000! ”
The adjutant general didn't expect Simo to have such eloquence and be able to ridicule him so much that he couldn't speak.
"I don't know who led the army to send him to death, and General Simo's words were said too early. What's more, Yuzhou is only a few tens of thousands of troops now, can he win the 100,000 army in my hands? The words of the four-model general are long and ambitious to destroy his own prestige, and the general is still in vain. ”
The lieutenant's sarcastic words came into the ears of Simo word by word, and Simo was refuted by the lieutenant to the point that there was no possibility of speaking, so he could only look at the lieutenant general angrily, and then snorted angrily and turned his head not to look at the lieutenant.
Above the city gate, Mu Kun looked at the 200,000 Batu army densely packed under the city tower.
"Simo, your Batu people are really some rats, and they actually rebelled."
Mu Kun's voice came from the city tower, and when Simo heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Mu Kun, it is rumored that you are still a heroic general of the Celestial Empire, but it is nothing more than that. I, Prince Batu, led the army into the border of the Celestial Empire, how could I return empty-handed? ”
Although he already knew that Yuzhou would be difficult to protect this time, Mu Kun did not have any emotional fluctuations on his face, but said with a huge momentum: "You Batu are like this, sooner or later you will be taken under the command of my Heavenly Empire."
"Hmph" Simo snorted coldly when he heard this, and said: "I don't know who was under whom's command, Yuzhou is now less than 50,000 people, and General Mu is so confident that he can hold Yuzhou safely under my Batu's 200,000 army?"
Simo's rhetorical question made Mu Kun stunned, it seems that Batu knew that there were insufficient troops in Yuzhou City, so he quickly led a large army to attack the city under such an emergency.
Seeing that Mu Kun who was hit by himself on the city tower did not have any words, he immediately ordered the army to start attacking the city.
After the last time he climbed the city by ladder, Simo chose to use the battle col to send the army to the city tower one after another by throwing objects, and at the same time let the catapult throw stones to attack the city.
Mu Kun watched the movements of Batu's army, so he immediately ordered the soldiers on the city tower to start shooting the army under the city with heavy crossbows.
Waves of arrows came from above and below the city, like a rain of arrows in the sky.
At the gate of the city, Nanming led the army to guard the city gate here, preventing the Batu army outside from breaking through the city gate and attacking in.
Simo commanded the 100,000 Batu army behind him, opened his bow and shot arrows, threw stones to attack the city, and threw soldiers to the top of the city tower.
And the soldiers of the Celestial Empire in the city were not vegetarians, and arrows and stones rained down like drops into the Batu army that descended the city tower.
Batu's army was killed and wounded a lot, not far away Bach's adjutant general was leading the military iron pillar to hit the city gate, ready to attack the city gate and enter, he secretly looked at the four models with proud eyes, as if to say who can take the city of Yuzhou first.
Simo is competing with the deputy general, and at the same time wants to attack the city tower as soon as possible. Then he ordered the Batu soldiers, with a shield on their heads, braved the rain of arrows and stones, and continued to attack the city with siege equipment. The soldiers in front fell, and the soldiers behind followed, and no one dared to retreat, and no one wanted to retreat.
Although the Celestial Empire army on the city tower is all brave, the arrows and stones in the city are limited after all, and the reinforcements have not arrived at all, and the soldiers in the city are only 40,000; In this situation, looking at the dense enemy troops under the city tower, Mu Kun could no longer think of how to defend Yuzhou City.
At the city gate, even if Nanming, a battle-hardened veteran general, led the army to defend here, but under the siege gate of the enemy's 100,000 troops, it gradually collapsed.
"General, the city gate is lost, and General Nanming is leading the soldiers at the city gate to tear up and kill the Batu army."
was thinking of a way to resist the siege of the four modes, but he heard that the soldiers reported that the city gate was lost. Mu Kun's steady figure could no longer support him and leaned back, but fortunately, a soldier behind him reacted very quickly to support him, and Mu Kun failed to fall before the army.
The city gate is lost, the reinforcements have not arrived, this is the city of Yuzhou! Mu Kun looked up at the sky where Yuzhou was now clear.
The city gate was lost, and the enemy army of Batu poured in, and nearly 10,000 people in the city were torn apart by the enemy army.
Seeing this, Mu Kun had to take all the Celestial Dynasty soldiers in the city to start a battle with the Batu army.
The army of the Celestial Empire finally started a battle with the Batu army in the city of Yuzhou, as more and more of the Batu army entered the city, the city continued to sound the wails of the people, and the streets of the originally prosperous Yuzhou City were scattered with the corpses of the soldiers or people of the Celestial Empire; Of course, there are also the corpses of Batu soldiers.
The cavalry infantry on both sides launched a charge, the spears of the cavalry penetrated each other's armor and stabbed into the body, the war horse drank blood and neighed, and the broadsword in the infantryman's hand also slashed towards the opponent's body, and the warm blood dyed Yuzhou City into a river of blood.